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Translation of text about witnesses to crash
I am writing a story about the crash of Mag the Hag II, a B-17, on Sep 13, 1944 in Neusteadt, Germany. I am referencing a book, Jagdgeschwader 300, by Lorant and Goyat. The appendix has a listing of claims that day and one of them is by Fhr. Otto Leisner. In the remarks column there is the note:
Witnesses: GFM Hueckel, Sauer, Hesse (Gruppe Feldwerft-Geraet Eschwege). Can anyone tell me what GFM means and what the unit is? Thanks, |
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Re: Translation of text about witnesses to crash
Aloha,
GFM is the abbreviation for "Generalfeldmarschall". Same rank as the famous "Herr Meier", Keitel, Kesselring and others i.e. I don't know either which kind of unit a "Feldwerft-Gerät" was, but Eschwege is a town in Germany. Best Regards Norbert
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Norbert,
Thanks for your time and reply. I haven't been able to find a GFM Hueckel... bit of a mystery. |
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Hello Rbakerj,
"GFM" certainly does not stand for "Generalfeldmarschal" in this context. I think, it could be "Gefolgschaftsmitglied" what is a typical Third-Reich terminus for members of non-military or non-NSDAP organisations. A worker at Junkers or Krupp would be a Gefolgschaftsmitglied of this manufacturer. "Gruppe Feldwerft Gerät" is not that clear. An educated guess: A Feldwerft is a military maintainance installation. In German Wehrmacht larger units sometimes were split into subunits for technical or administrative reasons, which were called a "Gruppe" (group). So "Gruppe Feldwerft Gerät" could be a subdivision of a Luftpark, a Schleuse or anything like this, responsible for Feldwerft-Gerät (equipment for Feldwerften). HTH Carl
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Re: Translation of text about witnesses to crash
Thank you, Carl. I have to admit I only found Generalfeldmarschall and thought it a bit odd.
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Re: Translation of text about witnesses to crash
@Charles, do you have a listing for WNr for Bf-109 G's? I am looking for details about the Red 7 flown by Lt. Manfred Dieterle of 2./JG300 on Sept 13, 1944. Another poster said that this a/c was lost on Sep 27.
Thanks, Ray |
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Best wishes ! Horst Weber |
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